Black-necked Grebe
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Black-necked grebes are almost flightless for around nine months of the year, the longest period of any flying bird. Flying is usually avoided at all costs yet, even so, they manage mammoth migrations to and from their breeding grounds each year.
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Black-necked Grebe or Eared Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
Colombian Grebe, Podiceps andinus - extint (1977) : The Colombian Grebe (Podiceps andinus), was a grebe found in the Bogotá wetlands in the Eastern Andes of Colombia.
Grebe, Eared aka Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Found: The Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1, 2) RazvanZinica 3) Alan D Wilson at Pull Off Pond, Tunkwa Lake Campground, Near Logan Lake, British Columbia
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Usually monospecific, sometimes with other terns or with Black-necked Grebes of Little Gulls. Nest of water weed with shallow cup, built on mat of floating vegetation in water, occasionally on dry shor or resting on bottom.
In winter it can be confused with Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis but note the white cheek, the sloping rather than steep forehead, the pale tip to the bill and the flat as opposed to peaked crown which can be seen in the third photo.
The dark rufous neck clearly differentiates the Horned Grebe from his cousin, the Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), who has a black neck, and in fact is known as the Black-necked Grebe in Europe, as you might guess from the Latin name.
Podicipediformes - Grebes
Podicipedidae
Tachybaptus
Tachybaptus ruficollis - Little Grebe
Podiceps
Podiceps auritus - Horned Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis - Black-necked Grebe ...
Young of several broods join to form creches. Mono Lake, CA and Great Salt Lake, UT serve as staging areas for fall migration; brine shrimp then comprise >90% of diet. Known in Europe as Black-necked Grebe.
 See also: Grebe, Flamingo, Great crested grebe, Finch, Cormorant
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